Glass-beam bracket for ribbon-looms.



No. 629,834. vF'atenwd'Aug. I, I899. W. W'. UHLINGER.

GLASS BEAM BRACKET FDR RIBBON LDOMS.

(Application filed. Apr. 26, 1399.)

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GLASS BEAM BRACKET FOR RIBBON LUDMS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM w. UHLINGER, or rA'rEiasoN, NEW .rnnsn'r.

GLASS-BEAM BRACKET FOR RlB BON-LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 629,831, dated August 1, 1895?. Application filed April 26, 1899. Serial lio- 7l4,535. (N0 modelJ To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. UHL1N-- effect I so construct the bracket that its upper bearing is vertically out of alinement with its lower bearing, the distance between the bearings corresponding substantially to the distance between one of the upper gang spaces and the neighboring lower gang-space of the batten. Thus a free disposition and run for the warp-threadis obtained and the gangs can be placed so near together that the output of the loom may be considerably increased.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of part of a ribbon-loom embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of partof the loom, illustrating the relative position of the warp-threads; Fig. 3, a plan of the glass bars and brackets; Fig. 4, a front view of part of the double-deck batten and of one of the glass-beam brackets, showing their relative arrangement; and Fig. 5, a perspective view of the bracket.

Theletter a represents the warp-spools of a ribbon-loom. b o are the upper and lower glass bars or rods; e, the back reeds; e, the harness, and f the double-deck batten. latter is provided with the two rows of shuttles f, the gangs of each row being separated by the narrow reed-containing spaces f arranged to stagger or break line, as shown.

The sets of warp-threads A for each ofthe upper shuttles pass around the upper glass rod or rods 5, and sets 'of warp-threads B for each of the lower shuttles pass around the lower glass rod or rods 0, the sets on the upper glass bars breaking line with those on the Fig. 5, in which the upper section or offset 01 is brought vertically out of alinement with the lower section at by means of a lateral bend in the bracket and is set forward of the lower section, so as to clear the lower warp-threads. The lower section all is provided with one or more perforations d for receiving the lower glass bar or bars 0. At its forward end the to form the upper section d having one or more perforations d for receiving the upper glass bar or bars I). Thus the'bearihgs d for the upper bars I) are brought vertically out of alinement with the bearings 01 for the lower bars 0.

"A pair of arms 61 depending from the bracket, serve to fasten the same to a suitable supporting-beam g of the loom.

The lateral bend of the bracket should correspond substantially to the distance between neighboring upper and lower spaces f on the batten, and the bracket is so placed that its lower section is in vertical plane with one of the lower spaces f while its upper section is in vertical plane with the neighboring upper space, Fig. 4. Thus the sets of threads on both of the upper and lower glass bars I) and 0 will clear the brackets without being displaced or crowded, and the gangs can be arranged as close together as convenient, because the warps will always run to them straight and true from the glass bars, and no allowance need be made between the gangs forempty spaces on the bars.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In a ribbon-loom, a bracket provided with a lateral bend and with bearings above and below said bend, combined with upper section 61 is extended upwardly and laterally and lower glass bars supported by said bearof alinement with the lower bearing, substan ings, substantially as specified. tially as specified.

2. In a ribbon-loom, a bracket for supporting glass bars, provided with a lateral bend TILLIAM UHLINGER' 5 at its forward end, and with bearings above WVitnesses:

and below said bend for supporting the glass JAMES H. COOKER, bars, the upper bearing being vertically out ANTHONY REGELNYER. 

